A 70-million-year-old dinosaur embryo, preserved in remarkable detail, has been discovered inside a fossilized egg. The find ...

The fossil, discovered in southern China’s Hekou Formation, dates back to the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 66–72 ...

Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken.

The chances of finding embryo material dinosaur eggs are slim, De Rijke said, ‘But we have a total of 182 eggs in the museum, from different types of dinosaur, so we thought you never know’, he said.

The embryo was in a coiled position known as “folding” Chinese researchers have found a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo. The egg was in all likelihood preserved by a sudden landslide that ...